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On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
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A computer scientist and a nonprofit are teaming up to use technology designed to stop child pornography from spreading across the web to take on terrorist propaganda. Defense One reports on the effort by the Counter Extremism Project and Hany Farid...
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In an interview with Fox News, CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller discusses a new ISIS propaganda video praising the Orlando attack that killed 49 people and CEP's new technology that can help social media companies automatically remove the most violent...
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A software tool unveiled Friday aims to help online firms quickly find and eliminate extremist content used to spread and incite violence and attacks. The Counter Extremism Project, a nongovernment group based in Washington, proposed its software be...
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The computer scientist Dr. Hany Farid, who developed software that blocks child pornography on social networks says he's built a tool that can scrub violent extremist content from services like Facebook and Twitter, as tech firms come under growing...
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The Islamic State recruits supporters and fellow travelers from around the world largely by spreading photos and videos of its violent exploits online. What if social-media companies could automatically detect and delete such imagery? The Counter...
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Dartmouth College computer science professor Hany Farid -- using funding from Microsoft Corp. -- has developed technology to help scrub extremist content from the internet. Working with the nonprofit think tank Counter Extremism Project, Farid built...
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"ISIL has a large cadre of Western fighters who could potentially serve as operatives for attacks in the West," CIA Director John Brennan told the Senate intelligence committee on Thursday. One way ISIS has developed its global network is through...
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Social networks have long stressed they will help legitimate investigations of crimes and attacks, but have resisted efforts to police or censor the vast amounts content flowing through them. But social media groups are capable of doing more to...
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New research in Science Magazine shows lone actors shouldn’t be the top priority when it comes to tracking ISIS online – groups should. In the study, computer scientists charted the ecology of pro-ISIS activity in 2015 on Europe’s biggest social...
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The father of a victim of the Islamic State's deadly attacks on Paris last year is suing Facebook, Google and Twitter for aiding the terrorist group. "Social networks have long stressed they will help legitimate investigations of crimes and attacks...
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
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